The coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 300,000 people, has slowed in many places but could pick up again if precautions aren’t taken or officials move too quickly to get people back to work.
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President Donald Trump has fired the State Department’s inspector general, an Obama administration appointee whose office was critical of alleged political bias in the agency’s management.
A former U.S. Senate intern claims on a podcast that she had an affair with Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford, and he admits to “a previous relationship outside of my marriage.”
A federal judge rejected claims from a group trying to recall Gov. Steve Sisolak that stay-at-home orders prevented them from gathering signatures, and harmed their constitutional rights.
A tourist from New York was arrested for allegedly violating Hawaii’s traveler quarantine after he posted on Instagram photos of himself sunbathing and carrying a surfboard, state officials said.
The Democrat-led House of Representatives passed a $3T coronavirus relief bill on Friday, although Republicans in the Senate and President Trump have said they oppose the measure as too expensive.
Testing will be available in the Fiesta Henderson parking garage Tuesday and Wednesday. Tests are appointment-only and may be given to people not experiencing symptoms.
The Review-Journal and reviewjournal.com have launched an online, interactive voter guide that allows users to customize their ballots and see the candidates running in their particular district.
President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration was going to move rapidly to deploy a vaccine for the coronavirus by the end of the year, while medical experts raised doubts about whether it could happen that quickly.
Tourists appeared ready to roam Grand Canyon National Park again after it partially reopened Friday, despite objections from Navajo officials and others that it could hurt efforts to control the coronavirus.
The conservative group True the Vote and other plaintiffs are once again suing in federal court to block the state’s all-mail primary election, even as voting is currently underway.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said at a news conference Friday that the state has made progress in fighting the coronavirus, but that no further loosening of business restrictions will take place before May 30.
The former professional poker player says the Las Vegas mayor revealed herself as incompetent in a recent high-profile interview on CNN.
The Southern Nevada Health District said cases that had no hospital discharge data listed were erroneously reported as having been discharged the same day they were admitted.
With cases still rising, including single-day highs of 1,458 new cases and 58 deaths Thursday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has defended the pace of reopening.